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Aguero added the first in the 16th minute, and then put City 2-0 up just after the break with a deft header. Ricardo Vaz Te briefly gave West Ham hope of a dramatic comeback, but Silva’s sumptuous late goal capped off a dominant display from City.

The victory, Manuel Pellegrini’s first PL away win as City boss, sends City fourth in the standings on 16 points, while West Ham lost for the third-straight game at home and fall to 14th.

Early on, the away side came flying out of the traps and City took the lead through Aguero’s fifth goal in the last five games. The Argentine forward beat the offside trap and tucked his shot past Jussi Jaaskelainen.

Many inside the stadium thought Aguero was offside, but the diminutive forward timed his run to perfection and slotted home coolly. In the last 31 PL games in which Aguero has scored, City haven’t lost and that run continues.

Aguero wheels away in delight as City streaked into a 2-0 lead.

Later on in the first half City almost doubled their lead as Spanish international striker Alvaro Negredo bundled through the Hammers defense and sent a rasping shot across goal and just passed the far post.

In the 41st minute City again went on the attack, and a horribly skewed clearance for West Ham’s Winston Reid saw Yaya Toure pick up the ball on the edge of the box, but the Ivorian’s shot was clawed away by Jaaskelainen.

The Citizens were dominant throughout the first half, as West Ham struggled to get any momentum going and went in 1-0 down at the break.

After the interval, the same theme continued at West Ham let City have far too much possession and they were soon made to pay for that in the 50th minute.

Silva clipped in a perfect free kick from the left side of the box, and Aguero was inexplicably left unmarked to head home his and City’s second.

But the second goal spurred the Hammers into life as Ricardo Vaz Te beat the offside trap to score in the 58th minute to hand West Ham a lifeline. However, soon after City nearly restored their two-goal lead as Negredo surged through and smashed his shot off the underside of the crossbar from a tight angle.

Aguero thought he had a hat trick in the 67th minute, but his curling effort was tipped away by the impressive Jaaskelainen as City stepped up through the gears in the final 20 minutes.

And in the 79th minute Man City sealed the win, with Aguero’s back-heel wonderfully set up the hugely impressive Silva to curl home a third and final goal.

Cecilio Dominguez and Mateus Uribe each bagged a brace, and Renato Ibarra also scored as the tournament’s top team sauntered into and out of Costa Rica on Wednesday. Club America has been to seven CCL finals, and one every single one.

West Ham United will pay a visit to Dag & Red as part of the latter’s #SaveTheDaggers campaign, and the March 21 date will cost fans between $7 and $21 to see a top flight side at 6,000-seat Victoria Road.

“So please come on down to the Chigwell Construction Stadium for an additional night of football. Bring a friend, or two, or more and we can use the gate takings to help get us back on track,” reads a press release.

Dag & Red was founded in 1992 and climbed as high as League One in 2011, and plays just 2.5 miles from West Ham United’s training ground. Newcastle’s Matt Ritchie and Dwight Gayle are among Dag & Red alums in the Premier League.

It’s a terrific gesture from West Ham, and is even more impressive in the United States where the growing club game is increasingly cutthroat (especially between non-synced leagues).

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AS Roma manager Eusebio Di Francesco absolutely roasted his charges after i Lupi tossed aside a Cenzig Under-inspired lead to fall 2-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie on Wednesday.

Di Francesco had praise for Edin Dzeko, who assisted Under’s goal, as well as goalkeeper Alisson, but was mostly enraged by his side.

4) “The difference was that in the first half we tried to hurt them while in the second we were looking to hold on – to what? I don’t know.”

— “To what? I don’t know” is hilarious. Di Francesco’s side has posted some serious wins this season, including killing off Chelsea 3-0 at home and coming back from 2-0 to draw the Blues at Stamford Bridge. He doesn’t preach sitting back.

3) “There were far too many schoolboy errors – even by players with a wealth of international experience.”

— Schoolboy errors!

2) “I saw two completely different teams out there today. There were lots of players I should have taken off after we conceded the first goal.”

— Again, one mistake by a number of players on Facundo Ferreyra is enough for Di Francesco. He’s not just happy to be here.

1) “I can’t imagine we’d get arrogant just because we’re winning an important game. It’s not as if Roma are used to reaching the final every year.”

— When you’re willing to essentially rip an entire club’s history — Roma’s been to just two UCL quarterfinals since losing the final to Liverpool in 1984 — you’re putting your footprints in new cement.

Salzburg’s two away goals in a draw feels like a one-goal lead, and the one-goal matches are especially interesting. In the case of Atalanta, 1-0 to the Serie A side could undo Michy Batshuayi‘s first leg heroics for BVB.